GCS (peds): Difference between revisions
m (Rossdonaldson1 moved page GCS (Peds) to GCS (peds)) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
|- | |- | ||
|style="width:40px; text-align:center;"| 1 ||style="width:250px; text-align:center;"| Does not open eyes | |style="width:40px; text-align:center;"| 1 ||style="width:250px; text-align:center;"| Does not open eyes | ||
|} | |||
===Verbal=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
|style="width:40px; text-align:center;"| 5 ||style="width:450px; text-align:center;"| Smiles, coos, babbles | |||
|- | |||
|style="width:40px; text-align:center;"| 4 ||style="width:350px; text-align:center;"| Irritable, crying (but consolable) | |||
|- | |||
|style="width:40px; text-align:center;"| 3 ||style="width:250px; text-align:center;"| Persistent, inconsolable crying or crying only in response to pain | |||
|- | |||
|style="width:40px; text-align:center;"| 2 ||style="width:250px; text-align:center;"| Moans in response to pain | |||
|- | |||
|style="width:40px; text-align:center;"| 1 ||style="width:250px; text-align:center;"| No response | |||
|} | |} | ||
| Line 30: | Line 44: | ||
#For Motor score 4, pain is defined flat, fingernail pressure (often performed with the barrel of a pencil). | #For Motor score 4, pain is defined flat, fingernail pressure (often performed with the barrel of a pencil). | ||
#For Motor scores 2 and 3, pain is defined by pressing hard on the supraorbital notch. If this unsuccessful, sternal pressure may also be attempted. | #For Motor scores 2 and 3, pain is defined by pressing hard on the supraorbital notch. If this unsuccessful, sternal pressure may also be attempted. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Trauma (Peds)]] | *[[Trauma (Peds)]] | ||
*[[Altered mental status (peds)]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 00:23, 15 June 2015
Eyes
| 4 | Opens eyes spontaneously |
| 3 | Opens eyes to speech only |
| 2 | Opens eyes to pain only |
| 1 | Does not open eyes |
Verbal
| 5 | Smiles, coos, babbles |
| 4 | Irritable, crying (but consolable) |
| 3 | Persistent, inconsolable crying or crying only in response to pain |
| 2 | Moans in response to pain |
| 1 | No response |
Motor
| 6 | Normal spontaneous movement |
| 5 | Withdraws to touch |
| 4 | Withdraws to pain[1] |
| 3 | Abnormal flexion to pain (Decorticate response)[2] |
| 2 | Abnormal extension to pain (Decerebrate response)[2] |
| 1 | No response |
Note:
- For Motor score 4, pain is defined flat, fingernail pressure (often performed with the barrel of a pencil).
- For Motor scores 2 and 3, pain is defined by pressing hard on the supraorbital notch. If this unsuccessful, sternal pressure may also be attempted.